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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1883014, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">I admit that &quot;usually&quot; the hammer seems to fall far beyond the estimate (example =&gt; my first wagon coin)</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">However, I did score one wagon-coin &quot;under&quot; the estimate (shwinnngg!!)</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The other two were only slightly over the estimates ... </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Since I&#039;m not shy, and I don&#039;t actually know any of you anyway, I&#039;ll lay today&#039;s auction-cards on the table:</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Wagon-1 =&gt; estimate $150 =&gt; hammer $475 (ouch, I know!! ... but I love the coin and I&#039;ve lost too many of these SCRABBLE coins, so I splurged!!)</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Wagon-2 =&gt;&nbsp; estimate $100 =&gt; hammer $60 (cha-chiiinnnggg!! ... apparently, a coin that only a mother-fer could love?)</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Wagon-3 =&gt; estimate $100 =&gt; hammer $130 (still, not that bad ... well, if you like my coin)</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Wagon-4 =&gt; estimate $200 =&gt; hammer $220 (again, I felt okay snagging this baby ... as always, but only if you like the coin)</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Wagon-Coin Summary =&gt; estimate $550 =&gt; hammer $885</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; $1070 after taxes and shipping (17.5% tax and shipping to Canada) </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">($1070/$550) x 100 =&gt; 195% </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">stevex6 Summary =&gt; hold-on to your underpants, brothers, you&#039;re probably gonna pay &quot;at least&quot; twice as much as the estimate!!</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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